महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-9, chapter-26, verse-54

तत्र योधास्तदा पेतुः परस्परसमाहताः ।
उभयोः सेनयो राजन्संशोचन्तः स्म बान्धवान् ॥५४॥

54. tatra yodhāstadā petuḥ parasparasamāhatāḥ ,
ubhayoḥ senayo rājansaṁśocantaḥ sma bāndhavān.

54. tatra yodhāḥ tadā petuḥ paraspara-samāhatāḥ
ubhayoḥ senayoḥ rājan saṃśocantaḥ sma bāndhavān

54. rājan tatra ubhayoḥ senayoḥ yodhāḥ paraspara-samāhatāḥ
bāndhavān saṃśocantaḥ tadā petuḥ sma

54. O king, there the warriors of both armies, striking one another and mourning their kinsmen, then fell.

Words meanings summery:

• तत्र (tatra) - there, then, in that place

• योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors, fighters

• तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

• पेतुः (petuḥ) - they fell, they dropped

• परस्पर-समाहताः (paraspara-samāhatāḥ) - striking one another, clashing with each other

• उभयोः (ubhayoḥ) - of both

• सेनयोः (senayoḥ) - of the armies

• राजन् (rājan) - O king

• संशोचन्तः (saṁśocantaḥ) - mourning, grieving for, lamenting

• स्म (sma) - indeed, particle used with present tense to indicate past time

• बान्धवान् (bāndhavān) - kinsmen, relatives, friends

Words meanings and morphology

तत्र (tatra) - there, then, in that place

(indeclinable)

योधाः (yodhāḥ) - warriors, fighters

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, plural of yodha

yodha - warrior, fighter

Root: yudh (class 4)

तदा (tadā) - then, at that time

(indeclinable)

पेतुः (petuḥ) - they fell, they dropped

(verb)

3rd person , plural, active, perfect (liṭ) of pat

Root: pat (class 1)

परस्पर-समाहताः (paraspara-samāhatāḥ) - striking one another, clashing with each other

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of paraspara-samāhata

paraspara-samāhata - struck by one another, mutually clashing

Past Passive Participle

compound of paraspara and samāhata

Compound type : tatpurusha (paraspara+samāhata)

• paraspara – each other, one another
  pronoun (masculine)
• samāhata – struck, beaten, smitten
  adjective (masculine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Prefixes: sam+ā
  Root: han (class 2)

उभयोः (ubhayoḥ) - of both

(adjective)

Genitive, masculine, dual of ubhaya

ubhaya - both

सेनयोः (senayoḥ) - of the armies

(noun)

Genitive, feminine, dual of senā

senā - army, host, force

राजन् (rājan) - O king

(noun)

Vocative, masculine, singular of rājan

rājan - king, sovereign

संशोचन्तः (saṁśocantaḥ) - mourning, grieving for, lamenting

(adjective)

Nominative, masculine, plural of saṃśocant

saṁśocant - mourning, lamenting

Present Active Participle

from root śuc with sam

Prefix: sam

Root: śuc (class 1)

स्म (sma) - indeed, particle used with present tense to indicate past time

(indeclinable)

बान्धवान् (bāndhavān) - kinsmen, relatives, friends

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, plural of bāndhava

bāndhava - kinsman, relative, friend

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